Necktie knot support



Feb. 28, 1961 H. GRU-BER 2,972,749

NECKTIE KNOT SUPPORT Filed April 30, 1959 ATTORNEYS nitd rates Patent NECKTIE KNOT SUPPORT Henry Gruber, 7420 Wise Ave., St. Louis 17, Mo.

Filed Apr. 30, 1959, Ser. No. 810,042

1 Claim. (Cl. 2153) The present invention relates to a necktie knot support for forming a Windsor knot.

The primary object of the invention ,is to provide a necktie knot support for forming a Windsor knot of a uniform size and shape.

Another object of the invention is to provide a necktie support of the class described above in which the support is rele-asably secured to the tie. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a neck-tie knot support of the class described above which is simple to attach and which makes possible the formation of a uniform knot by an inexperienced person.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the following specification when considered in light of the attached drawings, in which: V

Figure l is a perspective view of the invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the invention shown with the initial stages of the. knot formed thereon;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 with the knot further formed;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 of the completed knot;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention; and

Figure 6 is a perspective View of another modified form of the invention.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures, the reference numeral 10 indicates generally a knot support constructed in accordance with the invention.

The knot support 10 includes a relative straight up-- standing shank 11 having an enlarged portion 12 integrally formed on its lower end. The shank 11 has an inverted U-shaped bight portion 13 integrally formed on its upper end. A support plate 14 is arranged in forwardly spaced, generally parallel relation to the shank 11 and is integrally supported on the bight 13, as is clearly shown in Figure 1.

The support plate 14 has a pair of downwardly divergent side edges 15, 16 terminating in a blunt point 17. The support plate 14 is provided with a bore 18 extending therethrough adjacent the blunt point 17,

An elastic strip 19 is wound about the shank 11 and is provided with hooks 20 secured to its opposite ends. The hooks 20 engage in the bore 18 of the plate 14 to hold the strip 19 wound about the shank 11.

In the use and operation of the invention, the narrow a Ice wide portion 22 of the necktie is then looped upwardly in engagement with the edge 15 of the plate 14 and again passes over the support 10 and downwardly between the support 10 and the collar 23. The relatively wide portion 22 of the necktie then is looped outwardly across the edge 16 of the support 14, passing across the front of the support 14 and rearwardly over the edge 15 thereof.

The wide portion 22 of the necktie is then passed upwardly behind the support 10, between the support 10 and the collar 23, and is brought downwardly and outwardly over the face of the plate 14 between the plate 14 and the previously described loop extending thereover. As can be clearly seen from the drawings, this completes the formation of a Windsor knot 24 which can be adjusted with respect to the collar 23 in the conventional manner.

A modified support 10A is illustrated in Figure 5 wherein a roughened shank 11A has a pair of upwardly and outwardly diverging wires 12A rigidly secured thereto. The wires 12A each have an inverted U-shaped bight 13A integrally formed thereon and extending forwardly thereof. A plate 14A is rigidly secured to the bight 13A and is provided with downwardly divergent side edges 15A, 16A. The side edges 15A, 16A terminate in a blunt point 17A and the plate 14A is provided with a bore 18A adjacent the blunt point 17A. An elastic strip 19A is wound on the shank 11A and is provided with hooks 20A secured to the opposite ends thereof for releasable engagemerit in the bore 18A. The support 10A is used in the same manner as the support 10 with the narrow portion of the tie passing between the wires 12A to lie over the shank 11A.

Another modified form of the invention is illustrated in Figure 6 wherein a support 10B is provided with a generally upright shank 11B having a pair of integral inverted U-shaped bights 13B secured to the upper end thereof in spaced apart relation. A plate 14B is also integrally carried on the U-shaped bights 133 in spaced apart relation to the shank 11B. The plate 14B has downwardly converging side edges 15B, 16B terminating in a blunt point 17B. A spring clip 19B is rigidly secured to the lower end of the shank 11B and is used for releasably securing the narrow portion of the tie to the shank 11B; The support 103 is used in the same manner as the pre ferred form of the invention and will support a knot in the same manner.

Having thus described the preferred embodiments of the invention, it should be understood that numerous structural modifications and adaptations may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A necktie knot support comprising a narrow straight upright shank having an outwardly flared generally triangular upper portion and an arcuately reverted generally triangular end portion depending in spaced parallel relation to said upper portion, said upper portion and said end portion being cutaway to form a central recess, up standing arcuate end shoulder portions formed on opposite sides of the cutaway portion forming bights connecting said upper portion and said end portion, and a spring clip comprised of a pair of interengaged transversely elongated resilient loops integrally mounted on the lower portion of said shank adapted to secure the narrow portion of a necktie to said shank.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 334,352 Cooke Jan. 12, 1886 1,237,420 Troyan Aug. 21, 1917 2,635,248 Wester Apr. 21, 1953 

